F&M Takes Second Place at MARC Championships

LEWISBERRY, Pa. – For the second-consecutive season, Franklin & Marshall's women's rowing team produced a second-place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference (MARC) Championships, accumulating 52 total points on Saturday afternoon at Gifford Pinchot State Park.

Washington College, ranked No. 13 in the nation, secured its fifth-straight title and the Conference's automatic NCAA bid with 63 points. Johnson & Wales was third (51 points), followed by St. Mary's in fourth and Bryn Mawr in fifth.

Teresa Chappell, Jillian Goss-Holmes, Leah Issokson, Helen Nelson, and Margaret Stoner were named MARC Academic All-Conference, which is awarded to rowers who have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5, are in their second, third or fourth year of eligibility, and have competed in 75 percent of the varsity competitions or the MARC Championships. The award marked the second consecutive year that Chappell and Isoksson earned the distinction.